𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘, 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀

We wish to bring to your attention an important ongoing research study in community pharmacies of significance.

The Urban Research and Development Centre for Africa (URADCA), in collaboration with the Kenya Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and other partners, has commenced a study titled “A Collaborative Study to Explore the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Practicability of Providing Contraceptive Implants in Pharmacies in Kenya.” The study seeks to:

𝘢). 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.

𝘣). 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴.

𝘤). 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.

𝘥). 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴.

As part of this study, research officers will be visiting selected community pharmacies across the following counties: Mombasa, Kisumu, Kakamega, Kisii, Nairobi, Kajiado, Uasin-Gishu, Nakuru, Kiambu and Garissa. In light of the above, we kindly request the cooperation and support of all the Kenyan Pharmaceutical technologists practicing in Community Pharmacies:

1. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮.

2. 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺.

3. 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.

Your participation and support are highly valued and will contribute significantly to advancing the role of pharmacies in expanding access to contraceptive services in Kenya.

Should you require any clarification, please feel free to reach out through the KPA official communication channels.

𝔻𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕣: 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.